Checking out the Coliseum

Jack and Jean Hayes of Springettsbury Township pose for a photograph with their grandchildren Jordan and Leah Hayes of Severna Park, Md., outside the Colosseum in Rome in November. They wrote: “The locals are very friendly, the food and wine nothing less than wonderful.”

Their travel tip: Be prepared to see a lot of beggars on the streets and in the subway trains. You have to be able to ignore them.